diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 13af604e5f600d2cc827d85a499c0286d1afec35..8731fc64b4e0319d6d8c69c8b12fe8dff8079978 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ $(obj)/%.dtb.S: $(obj)/%.dtb
 quiet_cmd_dtc = DTC     $@
 # Modified for U-Boot
 cmd_dtc = $(CPP) $(dtc_cpp_flags) -x assembler-with-cpp -o $(dtc-tmp) $< ; \
-	dtc -O dtb -o $@ -b 0 \
+	$(DTC) -O dtb -o $@ -b 0 \
 		-i $(dir $<) $(DTC_FLAGS) \
 		-d $(depfile).dtc.tmp $(dtc-tmp) ; \
 	cat $(depfile).pre.tmp $(depfile).dtc.tmp > $(depfile)